Scare tactics

Fiona Sturges on the Hammer horror film posters with real bite
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The return of the concept album

Concept albums used to be the most hideous emblem of conceit in rock bands, so why are they now acceptable? By Fiona Sturges
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Brighton beautiful on the big screen

Armed with a map and an MP3 player, Fiona Sturges takes a new film tour of the Sussex city
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Act of Faith

Burlesque, magic and modelling – Paloma Faith has done it all. Fiona Sturges meets the multi-talented star
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Theatre review - Quadrophenia, Theatre Royal, Brighton

"The battle of Brighton" cried the Argus newspaper in 1964 after the mods and rockers descended on the seaside town for a violent face-off.
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Back to black

Writing his first novel almost killed Nick Cave, the rock'n'roller says. He is in a better place now: Hove. But that has only served to make his work darker.
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The Stone Roses - a 'classic' that is nothing but fool's gold

The Stone Roses may have been the most overrated band ever, claims Fiona Sturges. So why are people getting excited about the re-release of their self-titled debut album?
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Moby: 'To my shame, I liked the attention'

Since 'Play' carried him into the homes of millions – and into countless adverts – 10 years ago, the famously outspoken Moby has mellowed somewhat. Maybe there's an art to it, writes Fiona Sturges
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Away with the fairies

Natasha Khan, aka Bat for Lashes, sings of a hippy-dippy universe of woodlands and wizards. Fiona Sturges enters her world
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Refugee from Soviet Kitsch

Regina Spektor's family fled Moscow for the United States but, she tells Fiona Sturges, it was a conversation on an Israeli mountain that began her transition to New York alt-folk darling
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Baby, we weren't born to run

He is the working-class hero, the champion of the underdog, the everyman in search of the American Dream. His place in the pop canon is irrefutable, his name mentioned in the same breath as Tom Waits, Neil Young, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan. So why is it that Bruce Springsteen leaves me cold?
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The return of dance music

After a period of commercial decline, the original trailblazers of Nineties dance music are back in a big way. The rush of nostalgia is well deserved, argues Fiona Sturges
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Lady Gaga: How the world went crazy for the new queen of pop

She's pop's newest princess and the paparazzi's latest plaything. But it is Lady Gaga who is calling the shots. By Fiona Sturges
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Hello campers!

Joe Orton's The Erpingham Camp is coming to Brighton Pier, complete with audience participation and fish'n'chips. Fiona Sturges reports
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Maxïmo Park: Clinical but never cynical

Landfill indie? No way, insists Maxïmo Park's Paul Smith. Fiona Sturges hears how they challenge the medium of pop
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